Lyrics:
While strolling thro' the meadows fair,
Amid the daisies white,
I saw a little maiden there,
Whose smile was sweet and bright;
We lingered by the silv'ry stream
That rippled thro' the glade,
And like a fairy did she seem,
That little dairy maid.
chorus:
Sweet little dairy maid,
Over the fields we strayed,
Saucy and bright with loves delight,
To me she fondly said,
Come take a stroll with me
Over the flow'ry glade,
Then at the gate we linger'd late,
With my sweet little dairy maid.
I saw her to the cottage gate,
And there we linger'd long;
The cricket said the hour is late,
We heeded not its song;
We talk'd about her father's cows,
And while we there delayed,
I kiss'd beneath the apple boughs,
My little dairy maid.
I carried off her little pail,
Across the meadows fair,
While wand'ring over hill and dale,
I told love's story there;
One evening while the star-light shone.
And blissfully we strayed,
She promised to be mine alone,
My little dairy maid.
